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1.Slavery was abolished in the US by the

• A. Gettysburg Address
• B. 14th Amendment
• C. Emancipation Proclamation
• D. 13th Amendment

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D. THE 13TH AMENDMENT
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2.Which proclaimed the colonies total separation
from England listed reasons for their rebellion?

• A. The Declaration of the Rights of Man
• B. The Declaration of Independence
• C. The Bill of Rights
• D. Articles of Confederation

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3. The division of political power between
national, state, local governments is

• A. socialism
• B. federalism
• C. popular sovereignty
• D. judicial review

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4. All EXCEPT whom would be considered patriots?

• A. William Pitt
• B. Samuel Adams
• C. Paul Revere
• D. Thomas Paine

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5.When America gained her independence, she also
expanded her boundaries to include

• A. lands west of the Appalachians to the
  Mississippi River
• B. parts of northeastern Canada
• C. Florida
• D. the Louisiana Territory

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6.Which best illustrates the idea of Manifest
Destiny? America

• A. was destined to become an imperialist power
• B. would become the protector of the Western
  Hemisphere
• C. was destined by God to expand from sea to sea
• D. was destined to become a world power

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7. The US boundaries were established after the
Revolution by

• A. the Treaty of Paris 1763
• B. the Treaty of Versailles 1815
• C. the Treaty of Paris 1783
• D. the Treaty of Paris 1812

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8. The Trail of Tears is synonymous with the

• A. removal of Cherokee Indians from the
  southeastern US
• B. mapping of the Great American Desert
• C. plight of runaway slaves
• D. attempts of Indians to reclaim their land

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9. Which was NOT a factor in the US claiming
western land

• A. Mormons seeking religious freedom
• B. reports of missionaries of rich fertile land
  in Oregon
• C. the discovery of gold in California
• D. Mexicos desire to sell Texas

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10. A key point of the Monroe Doctrine stated
that

• A. the US would aid any Latin American nation in
  rebelling against its European monarch
• B. the US supported French involvement in Spains
  revolution
• C. the US opposed further colonization in the
  Western Hemisphere
• D. none of the above

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11.Who was President during the American
Revolution?

• A. Thomas Jefferson
• B. Benjamin Franklin
• C. George Washington
• D. None of the above

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12.Who was President when the US bought Louisiana?

• A. George Washington
• B. John Adams
• C. Andrew Jackson
• D. Thomas Jefferson

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13.The goal of the Lewis Clark expedition was to

• A. force Britain to stop attacking US ships
• B. make contact with French settlers in the West
• C. establish new power for the Supreme Court
• D. explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase

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14.What river formed the western border of the US
before the Louisiana Purchase

• A. Mississippi
• B. Ohio
• C. Tennessee
• D. Rio Grande

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15.President Jackson used the Indian Removal Act
to

• A. clear Indians from the Louisiana Territory
• B. force Indians to leave their homes in the SE
  US
• C. encourage Indians to grow cotton
• D. return Indians to their homes

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16.Which was a major factor in attracting
settlers to Oregon?

• A. factory jobs
• B. land
• C. prosperous cities
• D. mild weather

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17. What attracted thousands to California in the
1840s 1850s?

• A. timber
• B. farm land
• C. gold
• D. oil

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18.In which did John Marshall state that only the
national government controlled interstate
commerce?

• A. Gibbons v. Ogden
• B. Tyler v. Lewis
• C. Worcester v. Georgia
• D. Marbury v. Madison

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19. Rousseaus concept of the ideal government
was centered around

• A. the general will of the people
• B. strengthened monarchs
• C. theocracy
• D. a strong army

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20. What was the Red Scare?

• A. A period in the US when Americans were
  overly suspicious of Native Americans

• B. The period right after WWI when America
  feared communism would spread to the US

• C. An epidemic of measles in the early 20th
  Century that threatened American children

• D. A trend in America characterized by
  liberalism

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21. Why was the Ku Klux Klan revived after WWI?

• A. People felt threatened by changes in American
  society
• B. Klan members resented the few advances made by
  African-Americans
• C. Many Americans feared job competition from
  foreigners thought the values America was
  founded on were threatened
• D. All of the above

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22. Which battle was a turning point in WWII in
the Pacific?

• A. Leyete Gulf
• B. Iwo Jima
• C. Coral Sea
• D. Midway

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23. Which battle was a turning point in the
Revolutionary War?

• A. Saratoga
• B. Bunker Hill
• C. Trenton
• D. None of the above

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24. The US purchased the Louisiana Territory from

• A. Spain
• B. England
• C. France
• D. Germany

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25. White southern Republicans were often
considered to be traitors were called

• A. carpetbaggers
• B. scalawags
• C. yankees
• D. turncoats

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26. The Populist Party was concerned about
problems for

• A. farmers
• B. railroad owners
• C. factory workers
• D. native Americans

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27. Journalists writers who exposed corruption
social problems were called

• A. wobblies
• B. muckrakers
• C. mugwumps
• D. yellow journalists

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28. After the Spanish American war, the US gained
all these territories except?

• A. Hawaii
• B. Puerto Rico
• C. the Philippines
• D. Cuba

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29. The results of WWI led to the quest for
revenge by

• A. Germany
• B. France
• C. Italy
• D. Russia

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30. Great Britain entered the WWII when Germany
invaded which country?

• A. Poland
• B. Belgium
• C. France
• D. Czechoslovakia

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31. Which is the Spanish name for conqueror?

• A. Conquistador
• B. Courear de bois
• C. Jesuit
• D. Presidio

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32. Which Constitutional Amendment provides the
basis for citizenship?

• A. 12th
• B. 14th
• C. 16th
• D. 18th

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33. The German plan to systematically kill
millions of European Jews is the

• A. Blitzkrieg
• B. Sietzkreig
• C. the Blitz
• D. Holocaust

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34. The major battle known as D-Day occurred when
the Allies invaded

• A. Monte Casino
• B. Normandy
• C. Stalingrad
• D. North Africa

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35. In the Civil War, who carried out his famous
March to the Sea leaving Atlanta in ashes?

• A. Chamberlain
• B. Sheridan
• C. Lee
• D. Sherman

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37. In which year did Alabama become a state?

• A. 1860
• B. 1823
• C. 1819
• D. 1812

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38. WWII began on Sept 1, 1939 when Poland was
invaded by

• A. Germany
• B. France
• C. England
• D. Italy

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39. In the Treaty of Paris (1783)

• A. Britain gave Florida back to Spain
• B. divided FL between Spain England
• C. gave FL to the Iroquois Nation
• D. had nothing to do with Florida

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40. Who campaigned for prison mental hospital
reforms

• A. Sojourner Truth
• B. Dorothea Dix
• C. Catharine Beecher
• D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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41. Where did the Protestant Revolution begin?

• A. Russia
• B. America
• C. France
• D. Germany

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41. In which country did the Protestant
Reformation attract the fewest followers?

• A. England
• B. The New World
• C. Italy
• D. Holland

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42. Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

• A. 15th
• B. 17th
• C. 19th
• D. 21st

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43. The main goal of the Missouri Compromise was
to

• A. maintain the same number of free slave
  states
• B. expand onto Native American lands
• C. expand slavery into the North
• D. end the War of 1812

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44. The Reformation

• A. weakened civil authority
• B. prevented the growth of religious tolerance
• C. encouraged questioning education
• D. prevented Catholism from spreading outside of
  Europe

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45. Who wrote Common Sense?

• A. George Washington
• B. Thomas Paine
• C. Patrick Henry
• D. Thomas Jefferson

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46. In his farewell address Washington

• A. praised the 2 party system
• B. warned against the dangers of permanent
  foreign alliances
• C. endorsed Adams as his successor
• D. announced the purchase of Louisiana from
  France

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47. The purpose of the Federalist Papers was to

• A. explain to the world why the colonies were
  breaking away from England
• B. persuade New York to ratify the Constitution
• C. insult King George
• D. establish the Federalist Party

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48. When Jefferson wrote We hold these truths
to be self-evident that all men are created
equal he borrowed the idea from

• A. Montesquieu
• B. Rousseau
• C. Locke
• D. Franklin

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49. The First Continental Congress was called to

• A. discuss colonial reaction to the Intolerable
  Quebec Acts
• B. declare independence from Britain
• C. write a constitution for the colonies
• D. solve the problem of regulating trade between
  the colonies

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50.The ministers of the Great Awakening focused
less on the love of God more on

• A. the love of Christ for those who attended the
  revivals
• B. an unforgiving God
• C. hopeless conditions of sinners
• D. the sinful state of humanity everyones
  chance to be saved

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51. The Morrill Act of 1862 provided for the

• A. sale of public land for homesteading
• B. grant of public lands to states for land-grant
  colleges
• C. building of the transcontinental railroad
• D. government regulation of the railroads

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52. The Kansas-Nebraska Act proved which was not
practical?

• A. the immediate abolition of slavery
• B. the 36-30 line of the Missouri Compromise
• C. the doctrine of popular sovereignty
• D. the three fifths Compromise

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53. John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal
at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to

• A. protest the Dred Scott decision
• B. start a slave revolt
• C. overthrow their anti-slavery government
• D. gain support for the pro-slavery movement in
  Kansas

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54. Why was the capture of Vicksburg vital to the
Union?

• A. it would open up the Eastern front
• B. it was key to controlling the Ohio River
  Valley
• C. it was key to controlling the Mississippi
  River area
• D. it gave the Union control of a major rail
  center

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55. Laws intended to segregate blacks whites
were known as

• A. Jim Crow laws
• B. Immigration laws
• C. Exclusion laws
• D. Dred Scott laws

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56. The first state to secede from the Union was

• A. Alabama
• B. South Carolina
• C. Virginia
• D. Mississippi

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57. Who established controlled the Standard Oil
Company 90 of the oil refining business in the
US

• A. Andrew Carnegie
• B. John D. Rockefeller
• C. George Pullman
• D. J.P. Morgan

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58. Which of the following was NOT a muckraker?

• A. Ida Tarbell
• B. Upton Sinclair
• C. Brett Harte
• D. Jacob Riis

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59. Who was the educational reformer who urged
free public schools, better pay for teachers, a
longer school year?

• A. John Dewey
• B. Horace Mann
• C. W.E.B. DuBois
• D. William Howard Taft

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60. Urbanization means the growth of

• A. industries
• B. governments
• C. cities
• D. immigration

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61. A market in which one company has complete
control over an industrys production, quality,
wages paid, prices charged is called a/an

• A. monopoly
• B. merger
• C. trust
• D. holding company

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62. A critical term used to describe
industrialists such as Carnegie Rockefeller was

• A. imperialist
• B. scalawag
• C. robber baron
• D. industrial monger

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63. The 19th Amendment allowed for

• A. suffrage for women
• B. federal income tax
• C. prohibition of liquor
• D. direct election of senators

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64. Booker T. Washington is known for supporting
the idea of

• A. maintaining things as they were
• B. rapid movement toward integration
• C. gradual movement toward integration
• D. separating the races but equality of service

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65. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the
Supreme Court ruled that

• A. lynching was a federal crime
• B. voting rights could not be tied to any form of
  tax
• C. school segregation was unconstitutional
• D. racial segregation in public accommodations
  was legal

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66. All of the following led to the US entering
WWI except which?

• A. the sinking of the Lusitania
• B. Germanys use of unrestricted submarine
  warfare
• C. the Zimmerman Note
• D. the desire for colonies

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67. Which was NOT a cause of the Spanish-American
War?

• A. the building of the Panama Canal
• B. Cubas desire for independence from Spain
• C. yellow journalism
• D. the sinking of the Maine

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68. Which was the US policy that encouraged equal
trade opportunity with China Africa?

• A. Open Door Policy
• B. Monroe Doctrine
• C. New Deal
• D. Treaty of Paris, 1898

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69. Which would be considered the long term
causes of WWI?

• A. the US wanted an empire
• B. France wanted control of all Europe
• C. socialism, communism, dictatorship
• D. imperialism, nationalism, militarism

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70. Why were consumers able to buy an array of
home appliances being produced in the 1920s?

• A. new products were cheap plentiful
• B. the installment plan was developed
• C. wages for factory workers decreased
• D. few people actually purchased these products

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71.Which was an African American literary
artistic movement centered in NYC?

• A. the Great Society
• B. the Jazz Age
• C. the Harlem Renaissance
• D. the Cultural Revolution

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72. Which amendment prohibited the sale,
manufacturing, transportation of alcoholic
beverages?

• A. 17th amendment
• B. 18th amendment
• C. 19th amendment
• D. 20th amendment

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73. There was a decline in farm income in Alabama
in the 1920s due to which?

• A. a surplus of produce grain
• B. the loss of cotton crops destroyed by the boll
  weevil
• C. the loss of white labor due to Northern
  migration
• D. an increase in trade with Europe

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74. Who fought for the legal rights of women to
obtain birth control founded the 1st birth
control organization?

• A. Margaret Sanger
• B. Helen Willis
• C. Zelda Fitzgerald
• D. Bessie Smith

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75. The German plan to win WWI was the Von
Schlieffen plan where Germany would sweep into
France through which neutral country?

• A. Poland
• B. Belgium
• C. the Netherlands
• D. Switzerland

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76. All the following EXCEPT which were perfected
for use in WWI?

• A. poison gas
• B. submarine
• C. rifle
• D. land mines

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77. The period from 1914 to 1916 when neither
side in WWI could seem to win was called

• A. Great Standoff
• B. Great Stalemate
• C. Siege of Stalingrad
• D. none of the above

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78. The only major country who refused to sign
the Treaty of Versailles was

• A. Germany
• B. France
• C. US
• D. England

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79. A major result of the Treaty of Versailles
was that it

• A. reflected peace without victory
• B. humiliated Germany which led to WWII
• C. implemented Wilsons 14 points
• D. made Russia take responsibility for the war

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80. WWII began on Sept 1, 1939 when Hitlers
forces invaded

• A. Belgium
• B. Poland
• C. Czechoslovakia
• D. the Netherlands

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81. During the Civil War, Winston County, AL
the western counties of Virginia had which in
common?

• A. both were sites of slave rebellions
• B. they withdrew from their home states when the
  states left the Union
• C. they were pro secession
• D. they were centers of CSA industry

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82.At the 1939 Munich Conference, the British
French appeased Hitler by allowing him to keep
part of

• A. Poland
• B. Czechoslovakia
• C. Belgium
• D. the Netherlands

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83. Which Alabamian is the Father of the Blues?

• A. Lister Hill
• B. Hugo Black
• C. David Bibb Graves
• D. W.C. Handy

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84. Which city is the center of Alabamas steel
industry?

• A. Mobile
• B. Birmingham
• C. Huntsville
• D. Montgomery

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85. Where is Alabamas space industry located?

• A. Birmingham
• B. Mobile
• C. Huntsville
• D. Tuscaloosa

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86. Along with Montgomery St. Stephens, these
cities have served as Alabama capitals.

• A. Birmingham, Mobile, Auburn
• B. Tuscaloosa, Cahaba, Huntsville
• C. Andalusia, Dothan, Burnt Corn
• D. Monroeville, Selma, Huntsville

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87. The 4 main tribes who once lived in Alabama
were

• A. Seminole, Choctaw, Creek, Apache
• B. Navaho, Chickasaw, Iroquois, Creek
• C. Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee
• D. Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Coos

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88. Which tribe, once living in Alabama, had the
largest population?

• A. Creek
• B. Chickasaw
• C. Choctaw
• D. Cherokee

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89. What does the word ALABAMA mean?

• A. old town
• B. thicket clearers
• C. big creek
• D. rumbling water

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90. The 3 main ingredients of steel include coal
(carbon), iron what?

• A. water
• B. limestone
• C. copper
• D. zinc

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91.Which best demonstrates the lack of free trade
imposed on the American colonies?

• A. Navigation Acts
• B. Proclamation of 1763
• C. Declaratory Act
• D. Quartering Act

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92. All the following EXCEPT whom authored The
Federalist Papers?

• A. James Madison
• B. John Jay
• C. Patrick Henry
• D. Alexander Hamilton

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93. When Jefferson wrote All men are created
equal, he meant all men should

• A. have the same amount of money
• B. be equal socially
• C. have the right to a public education
• D. have the same rights under the law

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94.John Marshall expanded the power of the
Supreme Court establishing the practice of
judicial review in which case?

• A. Gibbons v. Ogden
• B. McCullogh v. Maryland
• C. Marbury v. Madison
• D. Dartmouth v. Woodward

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95. The Great Compromise at the Constitutional
Convention worked out an acceptable plan for

• A. regulating commerce
• B. levying taxes
• C. determining congressional representation
• D. electing a president

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96. When the 1st 2nd Continental Congress met

• A. all delegates wanted to declare independence
• B. all wanted to keep peace with Britain
• C. they unanimously elected Washington as
  president
• D. they were divided on the issues of
  independence keeping the peace

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97. As a result of the 2nd Great Awakening,
members of some churches divided into

• A. believers non-believers
• B. male female congregations
• C. traditionalists evangelicals
• D. Christians non-Christians

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98. The 2nd Great Awakening especially appealed
to

• A. frontiersmen
• B. slaves
• C. women, minorities, the poor
• D. indentured servants

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99. Which document is the supreme law of the US?

• A. the Constitution
• B. the Emancipation Proclamation
• C. the Declaration of Independence
• D. the Bill of Rights

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100. The 14th Amendment provided for

• A. former slaves to become citizens
• B. the right to a trial by jury
• C. the repeal of federal income tax
• D. prohibition

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101. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution
are known as the

• A. Emancipation Proclamation
• B. Declaration of the Rights of Man
• C. Monroe Doctrine
• D. Bill of Rights

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102.Which is true of the social contract theory?

• A. Govt power cant be limited by the people
• B. the people have no say in govt decisions
• C. the state is created by people willing to give
  up some power
• D. the rights of the people should be denied by
  the govt

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103. To adequately protect the rights of the
people, the framers of the Constitution included
which idea?

• A. the Reserve Clause
• B. Separation of Powers
• C. the Judicial Branch
• D. the Elastic Clause

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104.Which had the least effect on the settlement
of the Midwest?

• A. invention of steel plow
• B. transcontinental railroad
• C. invention of barbed wire
• D. invention of electric motor

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105. Which was a problem for Alabama farmers in
the late 19th-early 20th centuries?

• A. lack of money
• B. lack of education
• C. the one crop system
• D. all of the above

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106.Which would not be associated with W.E.B.
DuBois?

• A. NAACP
• B. call for immediate voting rights for blacks
• C. Atlanta Compromise
• D. vigorous protests against Jim Crow Laws

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107. Which school was headed by Booker T.
Washington?

• A. Mount Holyoke
• B. Tuskegee Institute
• C. Georgia Institute of Technology
• D. Auburn

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108.Booker T. Washington urged blacks to follow a
policy sometimes called accommodation, also called

• A. Niagara Movement
• B. Atlanta Compromise
• C. Seneca Falls Resolution
• D. Declaration of the Rights of Man

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109.Upton Sinclairs book The Jungle influenced

• A. T. Roosevelt to urge Congress to pass the Pure
  Food Drug Act
• B. many states to pass minimum wage laws
• C. states to pass factory safety laws new
  regulations
• D. Wilson to get the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

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110. Which term describes Americans who remained
on the Britishs side during the Revolution?

• A. Patriots
• B. Scalawags
• C. Redcoats
• D. Loyalists

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111. A band played The World Turned Upside Down
when the British surrendered after this final
Battle of the Revolution

• A. Trenton
• B. Saratoga
• C. Yorktown
• D. New York

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112. One of the 2 main causes of the War of 1812
was that the

• A. British urged Native Americans to resist
  expansion of the US
• B. French attacking American ships
• C. Americans wanted Britain to leave the
  Louisiana Territory
• D. British were urging slaves to revolt

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113. Andrew Jackson became a national hero after
his victory

• thA. in the election of 1816
• B. at the Battle of New Orleans
• C. at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
• D. in the signing of e Treaty of Ghent

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114. 1 of the major components of Henry Clays
American System was

• A. removal of Indians to the west
• B. lower tariffs on imported goods
• C. ending the charter for the national bank
• D. spending federal funds on internal improvements

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115. Which of the following was NOT included in
the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• A. NW territories had to be surveyed divided
  into townships
• B. a governor would be appointed for each
  township
• C. townships were divided into sections
• D. 1 section in each township was set aside for
  education

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116.Which helped bring about an end to the Era
of Good Feelings?

• A. over-speculation of American lands
• B. availability of easy credit
• C. renewed divisions within the political parties
• D. all of the above

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117. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• A. added Louisiana Territory to the US
• B. established the process for Western
  territories to become states
• C. allowed Native Americans to live in Ohio
• D. all of the above

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118. The Missouri Compromise settled the question
of whether

• A. Slavery should be allowed in future states
• B. slavery should be declared unconstitutional
• C. the territories should pay taxes
• D. the territories should be represented in
  Congress

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119. The increase in the US population during the
period before 1830 was a result of

• A. immigration from Europe
• B. immigration from Asia
• C. an increase in the African slave trade
• D. an increase in the birth rate

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120. Which author made major contributions to
American literature culture before the Civil
War?

• A. Walt Whitman
• B. Upton Sinclair
• C. Tennessee Williams
• D. Truman Capote

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121. Which is true of the Battle of New Orleans
in the War of 1812?

• A. It was fought after the war was over
• B. It was the turning point of the war
• C. It led to the US acquiring the port of New
  Orleans
• D. It was a major defeat for the US

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122. Middle-class Americans who pioneered public
education reforms

• A. wanted girls to get the same education as boys
• B. wanted schools to teach character morals
• C. promoted traditional religious beliefs
• D. focused on vocational education

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123. Which was the leading transcendentalist who
started an American Renaissance in literature

• A. Daniel Webster
• B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• C. Edgar Allen Poe
• D. Washington Irving

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124. Francis Scott Key composed the Star
Spangled Banner while watching the bombardment
of what port?

• A. Ft Sumter
• B. Ft. Morgan
• C. Ft. McHenry
• D. Ft. Ticonderoga

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125. Which decision established the power of
Judicial Review?

• A. Gibbons v. Ogden
• B. Marbury v. Madison
• C. McCullogh v. Maryland
• D. Gideon v. Wainwright

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126. The difference between the League of Nations
the United Nations was

• A. the Senate ratified both, but only funded the
  UN
• B. the Senate ratified both, but only funded the
  League
• C. the Senate only ratified the UN
• D. none of the above

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127. Which WWII leader was not present at the
Yalta Conference where plans for post-war Europe
were made?

• A. Franklin Roosevelt
• B. Joseph Stalin
• C. Winston Churchill
• D. Benito Mussolini

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128. Which caused the nativism in the US after
WWI?

• A. decreased immigration
• B. the Red Scare labor unrest
• C. the rise of organized crime
• D. the rise of economic prosperity in Europe

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129. When the US joined WWI, it

• A. refused to loan money to the Allies
• B. sent a huge army to Europe right away
• C. had already started a draft as war
  preparations
• D. needed to begin a draft to build a large army

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130.The overall goal of Wilsons Fourteen Points
was to

• A. create lasting peace
• B. promote imperialism
• C. force Germany to pay war damages
• D. preserve Europes system of alliances

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131. The main criticism of the League of Nations
in the Senate was it would

• A. not be located in the US
• B. be too expensive
• C. draw the US into another war
• D. accept too many nations as members

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132. Japanese Americans were sent to internment
camps in WWII

• A. to protect them after the Japanese attack on
  Pearl Harbor
• B. because many refused to take an oath of
  allegiance
• C. because they refused to serve in the military
• D. because many thought they may act as spies

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133. In an attempt to end WWII, the US decided to
drop atomic bombs on

• A. Berlin Munich
• B. Hiroshima Nagasaki
• C. Dresden Sarajevo
• D. Stalingrad Casablanca

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134. The US financed WWII by all except which?

• A. foreign loans from England France
• B. selling war bonds
• C. borrowing from banks private investors
• D. increasing taxes

136
135. When men left their jobs to fight in WWII
who took their place?

• A. Chinese immigrants
• B. Black men
• C. women
• D. older men who were too old to fight

137
136. When forced to leave the Philippines during
WWII, who promised I shall return?

• A. MacArthur
• B. Patton
• C. Eisenhower
• D. Nimitz

138
137. At what conference did England France
appease Hitler declare peace in our time?

• A. Yalta
• B. Munich
• C. Casablanca
• D. Stalingrad

139
138.1 reason the US distrusted Japan before Pearl
Harbor was they had

• A. Refused to accept the Open Door Policy
• B. attacked British forces in the Philippines
• C. developed an atomic bomb
• D. engaged a policy of expansion in Asia the
  Pacific

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139.The main objective of the Allies in WWI was to

• a. Stop German aggression
• b. Strip Germany of her colonies
• c. Take the Rhineland for France
• d. None of the above

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140. During the 1st 2 years of WWI (1914-16)

• A. Germany was unable to force France to
  surrender
• B. the Germans were driven out of Belgium
• C. neither side could seem to win
• D. the Germans fought only on the Eastern Front

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141. Of all the weapons Germany used in WWI, the
Allies feared which the most?

• A. the submarine
• B. land mines
• C. poison gas
• D. depth charges

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142. At the end of WWI, the US economy was
characterized by which?

• A. high interest rates
• B. a deep recession
• C. a stock market crash
• D. high unemployment

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143. The Red Scare is a term which denotes fear
of

• A. Red China
• B. Maos Red Army
• C. emerging East Bloc Countries
• D. Communism

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144. Which groups did NOT share in the overall
prosperity of the 1920s?

• A. farmers
• B. women
• C. business leaders
• D. writers

146
145. Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
charged with convicted of

• A. treason
• B. anarchy
• C. receiving bribes
• D. robbery murder

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146. The 1st practical peacetime use of airplanes
was for

• A. crop dusting
• B. carrying mail
• C. carrying passengers
• D. weather forecasting

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147. It was difficult to enforce Prohibition laws
for all these reasons EXCEPT which?

• A. many were determined to break the law
• B. not enough money to pay for enforcement
• C. many police took bribes
• D. prohibition banned only alcohol made in the US

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148. What ended World War I?

• A. Treaty of Versailles
• B. Treaty of Paris
• C. Treaty of Ghent
• D. Treaty of Dresden

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149. The Great Migration of 1910-20 refers to the
movement of

• A. European immigrants to America
• B. people from the country to cities
• C. African Americans from the US to Africa
• D. African Americans from the South to the North

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150.What impact did industrialization have on
children?

• A. Kids became part of the labor force working
  long hours at dangerous jobs
• B. Kids were not affected spent their time in
  school
• C. Kids were protected by child labor laws
  didnt work until 16
• D. Kids only worked on farms, not factories

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151.Which was the author of popular rags to
riches stories that reinforced hard work?

• A. Andrew Carnegie
• B. Herbert Spencer
• C. Charles Darwin
• D. Horatio Alger

153
152. Social Darwinism promoted the idea that

• A. society would benefit from elimination of the
  weak survival of the strong
• B. govt should take an active role in shaping
  the economy
• C. all competition should be eliminated
• D. it is the responsibility of the govt to aid
  society

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153. Muckrakers were

• A. workers in the textile industry
• B. writers who exposed the evils of society
• C. jailed because they were critical of the
  government
• D. writers who wrote about the Old West

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154. With which cause(s) were women closely
associated during the Progressive Era?

• A. womens rights
• B. Temperance (anti-liquor)
• C. Child labor laws
• D. all of the above

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155. Many blacks poor white Alabama citizens
lost the right to vote under the Constitution of
1901 because of which?

• A. poll tax
• B. grandfather clause
• C. property requirements
• D. all of these

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156.Which was NOT an effect of the Crusades?

• A. increased trade
• B. increased exploration
• C. increased isolationism
• D. inflation

158
157. Which was the site of the 1st representative
govt in the New World?

• A. Jamestown
• B. St. Augustine
• C. Quebec
• D. New Orleans

159
158. The series of religious revivals that spread
throughout colonial America during the early 18th
Century was which?

• A. the American Renaissance
• B. the Great Awakening
• C. the Social Gospel Movement
• D. the Four Square Gospel

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159. The framers of the Constitution provided
that in a fight between state natl laws

• A. federal law wins
• B. the Supreme Court decides the case
• C. state law wins
• D. a joint committee of Congress decides

161
160. Voting rights are guaranteed by which
Amendment?

• A. 15th
• B. 16th
• C. 17th
• D. 21st

162
161. Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau would most likely
agree that

• A. force was the major factor in the development
  of govt
• B. all govt should be abolished
• C. all states should be ruled by divine right
• D. the state exists to serve the will of the
  people

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162. The Constitution gives Congress the power to
make laws necessary to carry out its duties
responsibilities. This is called

• A. supremacy clause
• B. elastic clause
• C. 10th Amendment
• D. establishment clause

164
163. When Texas became independent, many hoped to
add it to the US. Which was NOT an issue
regarding its annexation?

• A. fear of war with Mexico
• B. abolitionist opposed the spread of slavery
• C. Manifest Destiny
• D. additional markets for cotton

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164. Which best demonstrates US population trends
from 1780 to 1830?

• A. grew older got smaller
• B. high birthrates caused pop. explosion
• C. Native Americans increased rapidly
• D. Mass European immigration caused overpopulation

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165. Which was NOT an impact of the Columbian
Exchange its impact on native societies?

• A. millions died from diseases
• B. they grew rich from trade
• C. new foods were introduced to Europe
• D. they were forcibly baptized

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166. Why was Saratoga a turning point in the
Revolutionary war?

• A. Washington became the commander of the army
• B. the French decided to openly aid the colonies
• C. it was the last battle of the war
• D. Jefferson surrendered his troops

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167. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Irving,
Emily Dickinson contributed to which?

• A. political thought
• B. abolitionist movement
• C. literature
• D. the Revolutionary War

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168. Which was a turning point in the Civil War?

• A. Bull Run
• B. Gettysburg
• C. Antietam
• D. Savannah

171
169. Which best expresses the message of
Lincolns Gettysburg Address?

• A. he freed all slaves
• B.to announce his resignation
• C. to announce the terms of surrender for the
  South
• D. to say the Union must be preserved

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170. Before the Civil War, most runaway slaves
headed where?

• A. Mexico
• B. Virginia
• C. Canada
• D. London

173
171. TVA, CCC, the AAA should be identified
with which?

• A. Era of Good Feelings
• B. Monroe Doctrine
• C. New Frontier
• D. New Deal

174
172. Who would be most correctly associated with
the assembly line?

• A. Ben Franklin
• B. Andrew Jackson
• C. Henry Ford
• D. Alexander Graham Bell

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173. Chief Sitting Bull his warriors were
defeated at the Battle of

• A. Wounded Knee
• B. Tippecanoe
• C. Sand Creek
• D. Horseshoe Bend

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174. Which Alabama native was named to the US
Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt?

• A. George Wallace
• B. Bibb Graves
• C. Hugo Black
• D. Jeff Davis

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175. Which Alabamian won 3 Gold Medals at the
1936 Olympics, causing Hitler to leave in disgust?

• A. Joe Louis
• B. Jesse Owens
• C. Hank Williams
• D. Arthur Gaston

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176. Which company built the 1st railroad in
Alabama?

• A. B O
• B. Montgomery Railroad Company
• C. Tuscumbia Railroad Company
• D. Selma Railroad Company

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177. During WWII, which state led the nation in
per capita purchasing of war bonds?

• A. Florida
• B. California
• C. Georgia
• D. Alabama

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178. Which battle in the War of 1812, led by Andy
Jackson, ended all chances the Creeks (Red
Sticks) had to stop white settlers?

• A. Battle of Saw Mill Creek
• B. Battle of Girard
• C. Battle of Horseshoe Bend
• D. Battle of the Bulge

181
179. Which Alabama native worked on finding the
causes of cure for yellow fever?

• A. Lister Hill
• B. William Gorgas
• C. Jesse Owens
• D. W. C. Handy

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180. Problems on what major project led to the
cure for yellow fever?

• A. Panama Canal
• B. WWI
• C. Aswan Dam
• D. TVA

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181. What was Alabamas liquor policy after the
21st amendment repealed the 18th?

• A. Alcohol was illegal everywhere
• B. Liquor was legal everywhere
• C. Each county votes on its own liquor policy
• D. the State has the right to tax all liquor

184
182. Franklins cartoon urges the colonies to do
what?

• A. kill snakes
• B. work together
• C. join the military
• D. join the British

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183. Which 3 countries were the Axis Powers in
WWII?

• A. US, England, France
• B. Spain, France, Italy
• C. Japan, Germany, Spain
• D. Germany, Italy, Japan

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184. The New Deal established the Securities
Exchange Commission (SEC) to

• A. regulate stop fraud in the stock market
• B. insure bank deposits
• C. license new banks
• D. regulate foreign trade

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185. During the Great Depression, who lived in
Hoovervilles?

• A. rich friends of President Hoover
• B. the newly homeless
• C. farmers who lost their farms because of the
  Dust Bowl
• D. Vacuum cleaner workers

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186. What was the Manhattan Project?

• A. code name for D-Day
• B. a New Deal program to bring jobs to big cities
• C. US plan to invade Japan
• D. US program to develop the atomic bomb

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187. Where was the 1st motion picture made?

• A. Paris
• B. New York
• C. Hollywood
• D. Philadelphia

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188. Which US president made the decision to
drop the bomb?

• A. FDR
• B. Truman
• C. Hoover
• D. Kennedy

191
189. Abolitionists worked to end what?

• A. child labor
• B. poor working conditions
• C. liquor consumption
• D. slavery

192
190. Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau should all
be associated with

• A. WWI
• B. WWII
• C. Vietnam
• D. Korea

193
191. Which famous radical abolitionist published
The Liberator?

• A. William Lloyd Garrison
• B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
• C. Fredrick Douglas
• D. Catherine Beecher

194
192. Which great abolitionist orator published
The North Star?

• A. William Lloyd Garrison
• B. Fredrick Douglas
• C. Harriet Tubman
• D. John Brown

195
193. Who was the most famous conductor of the
Underground RR?

• A. Catherine Beecher
• B. Harriet Tubman
• C. Jeff Davis
• D. Robert E. Lee

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194. What was the name of Hitlers secret police?

• A. Red Guard
• B. Red Shirts
• C. MI6
• D. Gestapo

197
195. Which Supreme Court Justice strengthened the
Court the most?

• A. Hugo Black
• B. John Jay
• C. John Marshall
• D. Thurgood Marshall

198
196. Who was the 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court?

• A. John Marshall
• B. Thomas Paine
• C. John Jay
• D. Jay Leno

199
197. Which amendments are nicknamed the
African-American amendments?

• A. 1st 10
• B. 7, 8, 9
• C. 13, 14, 15
• D. 21, 22, 23

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198. Which decade should be associated with
Flappers, Jazz, drinking?

• A. Era of Good Feelings
• B. Rowdy 40s
• C. Roaring 20s
• D. 1960s

201
199. Which war included the Rough Riders?

• A. American Revolution
• B. War of 1812
• C. Cold War
• D. Spanish American War

202
200. What happened on D-Day?

• A. England ended the Revolutionary War
• B. WWI ended
• C. allies invaded France in WWII
• D. America evacuated Vietnam

203
201. What did Wm Gorgas discover caused malaria?

• A. mosquitoes
• B. rotten meat
• C. air pollution
• D. cold weather

204
202. Which best describes yellow journalism?

• A. accurate
• B. exaggerated
• C. biographical
• D. statistical

205
203.Which Alabama city is named for a British
iron town?

• A. Mobile
• B. Bessemer
• C. Fish Eye
• D. Birmingham

206
204. What was the shot heard round the world?

• A. French Revolution
• B. American Revolution
• C. bombing of Pearl Harbor
• D. bombing of Hiroshima

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205. The Monroe Doctrine concerns which?

• A. income taxes
• B. tariffs
• C. interstate trade
• D. foreign affairs

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206. Locke, Rousseau, Hobbes are associated
with

• A. the Dark Ages
• B. the Renaissance
• C. the Enlightenment
• D. the Sp. Civil War

209
207. Why was John Hancocks signature on the
Declaration so large ?

• A. he wanted King George to be able to read it
  without glasses
• B. he always wrote big
• C. he needed new glasses
• D. he had carpal tunnel

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208. What was the period of rebuilding the South
immediately following the Civil War?

• A. renaissance
• B. the enlightenment
• C. Great Awakening
• D. reconstruction

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209. During reconstruction, the South was divided
into 5 zones, each ruled by

• A. governors
• B. politicians
• C. generals
• D. muckrakers

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210. What ended reconstruction?

• A. deconstruction
• B. Harlem Renaissance
• C. the Missouri Compromise
• D. the Compromise of 1877

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211. Who was named president under the Compromise
of 1877?

• A. M.A. Ledbetter
• B. R.B. Hayes
• C. U.S. Grant
• D. R.E. Lee

214
212. Why did Jackson use the Indian Removal Act?

• A. oil was discovered on their land
• B. their land was extremely fertile
• C. gold was discovered
• D. he was trying out his presidential power

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213. What explorer was the 1st European to see
the Mississippi River?

• A. Pizarro
• B. De Soto
• C. Coronado
• D. Cortez

216
214. Seneca Falls is most correctly associated
with

• A. Native Americans
• B. Abolitionists
• C. Women's Temperance Union
• D. Women's Rights

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215. Who started the Reformation?

• A. Leonardo Da Vinci
• B. Martin Luther
• C. Christopher Columbus
• D. William Shakespeare

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216. Who should most rightfully be considered
Mr. Harlem Renaissance?

• A. Shakespeare
• B. W.C. Handy
• C. Louis Armstrong
• D. Langston Hughes

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217. Which word can be substituted for
conscription?

• A. military
• B. intelligence
• C. draft
• D. ululent

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218. Which 2 powers were the Populists Party
most concerned about fighting?

• A. Jeffersonians Whigs
• B. farmers factory owners
• C. banks railroads
• D. Rockefeller Carnegie

221
219. Who is credited with discovering the
Pacific?

• A. Magellan
• B. Balboa
• C. Cortez
• D. De Soto

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220. Who was the 1st to sail around the tip of
Africa?

• A. Magellan
• B. de Gama
• C. Henry the Navigator
• D. Quavon Davis

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221. Who was the commander of the American forces
in the American Revolution?

• A. Nathan Hale
• B. Sir Walter Scott
• C. Benedict Arnold
• D. George Washington